editorials

Medical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation

Martin A. Alpert
Chest 2000 117: 1529-1531. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcome of Lung Surgery : What Patients Don’t Like

Gaetano Rocco and Roger Vaughan
Chest 2000 117: 1531-1532. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Unexpected Observations on Tumor Size and Survival in Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

William C. Black
Chest 2000 117: 1532-1534. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome-Associated Nocturnal Myocardial Ischemia

Gökhan M. Mutlu and Israel Rubinstein
Chest 2000 117: 1534-1535. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fluid Balance in Sepsis : Are We Ready for a Negative Balance?

Joseph Varon and Robert E. Fromm, Jr.
Chest 2000 117: 1535-1536. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thromboembolism Management in Europe vs North America : Are the Differences Clinically Significant?

Samuel Z. Goldhaber
Chest 2000 117: 1536-1537. [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCARDIOLOGY

Amiodarone as a First-Choice Drug for Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation : A Randomized, Controlled Study

Panos E. Vardas, George E. Kochiadakis, Nikos E. Igoumenidis, Aristidis M. Tsatsakis, Emmanuel N. Simantirakis, and Gregory I. Chlouverakis
Chest 2000 117: 1538-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Pulmonary Venous Flow Patterns Assessed by Doppler Transesophageal Echocardiography

Ting-Hsing Chao, Liang-Miin Tsai, Wei-Chuan Tsai, Yi-Heng Li, Li-Jen Lin, and Jyh-Hong Chen
Chest 2000 117: 1546-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSURGERY

Patient Preferences Regarding Possible Outcomes of Lung Resection : What Outcomes Should Preoperative Evaluations Target?

Samuel Cykert, Grace Kissling, and Charles J. Hansen
Chest 2000 117: 1551-1559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery : A Survey on the European Experience

Jürg Hamacher, Erich W. Russi, and Walter Weder
Chest 2000 117: 1560-1567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCANCER

Correlation of Tumor Size and Survival in Patients With Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Edward F. Patz, Jr., Santiago Rossi, David H. Harpole, Jr., James E. Herndon, and Philip C. Goodman
Chest 2000 117: 1568-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Outcome of Bronchial Carcinoma In Situ

Ben J. W. Venmans, Ton J. M. van Boxem, Egbert F. Smit, Pieter E. Postmus, and Thomas G. Sutedja
Chest 2000 117: 1572-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Predictors of N2 Disease in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Kazuya Takamochi, Kanji Nagai, Kenji Suzuki, Junji Yoshida, Yasuhisa Ohde, and Yutaka Nishiwaki
Chest 2000 117: 1577-1582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Multicenter Phase II Trial of Vinorelbine Plus Gemcitabine in Previously Untreated Inoperable (Stage IIIB/IV) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Yuh-Min Chen, Reury-Perng Perng, Kuang-Yao Yang, Tsang-Wu Liu, Chun-Ming Tsai, Jacqueline Ming-Liu, and Jacqueline Whang-Peng
Chest 2000 117: 1583-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changes in Airway Responsiveness Following Mantle Radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s Disease

Giovanni Rolla, Umberto Ricardi, Paola Colagrande, Daniela Nassisi, Luca Dutto, Giovanni Chiavassa, and Caterina Bucca
Chest 2000 117: 1590-1596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsSLEEP

Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Myocardial Ischemia in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Thomas Mooe, Karl A. Franklin, Urban Wiklund, Terje Rabben, and Karin Holmström
Chest 2000 117: 1597-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sleep Medicine Practices, Training, and Attitudes : A Wake-up Call for Pulmonologists

Barbara Phillips, Nancy Collop, and Rochelle Goldberg
Chest 2000 117: 1603-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Use In Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Younger Than 2 Years of Age

Ralph Downey, III, Ronald M. Perkin, and Joanne MacQuarrie
Chest 2000 117: 1608-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Validation of the POLY-MESAM Seven-Channel Ambulatory Recording Unit

Thomas Verse, Wolfgang Pirsig, Bernhard Junge-Hülsing, and Béatrice Kroker
Chest 2000 117: 1613-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsPULMONARY FIBROSIS

Cyclophosphamide in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis : A Prospective Study in Patients Who Failed To Respond to Corticosteroids

David A. Zisman, Joseph P. Lynch, III, Galen B. Toews, Ella A. Kazerooni, Andrew Flint, and Fernando J. Martinez
Chest 2000 117: 1619-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evaluation of the Short-Form 36-Item Questionnaire to Measure Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Tieko Y. Martinez, Carlos A. C. Pereira, Manuel L. dos Santos, Rozana M. Ciconelli, Sandra M. Guimarães, and José A. B. Martinez
Chest 2000 117: 1627-1632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCOPD

Inhaled Corticosteroids in Stable COPD Patients : Do They Have Effects on Cells and Molecular Mediators of Airway Inflammation?

Bruno Balbi, Maria Majori, Stefano Bertacco, Giuseppe Convertino, Angelo Cuomo, Claudio F. Donner, and Alberto Pesci
Chest 2000 117: 1633-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Relationship of Sputum Color to Nature and Outpatient Management of Acute Exacerbations of COPD

Robert A. Stockley, Christine O’Brien, Anita Pye, and Susan L. Hill
Chest 2000 117: 1638-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Interactions of Regional Respiratory Mechanics and Pulmonary Ventilatory Impairment in Pulmonary Emphysema : Assessment With Dynamic MRI and Xenon-133 Single-Photon Emission CT

Kazuyoshi Suga, Toshinobu Tsukuda, Hitomi Awaya, Naofumi Matsunaga, Kazuro Sugi, and Kensuke Esato
Chest 2000 117: 1646-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsCYSTIC FIBROSIS

International Comparison of Median Age at Death From Cystic Fibrosis

Andrew Fogarty, Richard Hubbard, and John Britton
Chest 2000 117: 1656-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Misidentification of Burkholderia cepacia in US Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Centers : An Analysis of 1,051 Recent Sputum Isolates

Jennifer D. McMenamin, Theresa M. Zaccone, Tom Coenye, Peter Vandamme, and John J. LiPuma
Chest 2000 117: 1661-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reliability, Repeatability, and Sensitivity of the Modified Shuttle Test in Adult Cystic Fibrosis

Judy Bradley, Jennifer Howard, Eric Wallace, and Stuart Elborn
Chest 2000 117: 1666-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigationsINFECTIONS

Fungal Empyema Thoracis : An Emerging Clinical Entity

Shiann-Chin Ko, Kuan-Yu Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Kwen-Tay Luh, and Pan-Chyr Yang
Chest 2000 117: 1672-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Decreased Apoptosis and Increased Activation of Alveolar Neutrophils in Bacterial Pneumonia

Daniel Droemann, Sven P. Aries, Friederike Hansen, Mareike Moellers, Joerg Braun, Hugo A. Katus, and Klaus Dalhoff
Chest 2000 117: 1679-1684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A 10-Year Experience With Bacteriology of Acute Thoracic Empyema : Emphasis on Klebsiella pneumoniae in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

Kuan-Yu Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Yuang-Shuang Liaw, Pan-Chyr Yang, and Kwen-Tay Luh
Chest 2000 117: 1685-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

clinical investigations in critical care

Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Pressure-Controlled Ventilation and Volume-Controlled Ventilation in ARDS

Andrés Esteban, Inmaculada Alía, Federico Gordo, Raúl de Pablo, José Suarez, Gumersindo González, and Jesús Blanco
Chest 2000 117: 1690-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efficacy of Chest CT in a Pediatric ICU : A Prospective Study

Karen E. Thomas, Catherine M. Owens, Joseph Britto, Simon Nadel, Parviz Habibi, and Rosemary Nicholson
Chest 2000 117: 1697-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preoperative and Postoperative Endotoxemia in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Laurance L. Lequier, Hisashi Nikaidoh, Steven R. Leonard, Joni L. Bokovoy, Mark L. White, Patrick J. Scannon, and Brett P. Giroir
Chest 2000 117: 1706-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prognostic Value of Hemodynamic vs Big Endothelin Measurements During Long-term IV Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure Patients

Bernhard Frey, Richard Pacher, Gottfried Locker, Anda Bojic, Engelbert Hartter, Wolfgang Woloszczuk, and Brigitte Stanek
Chest 2000 117: 1713-1719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

laboratory and animal investigations

Effects of Eicosapentaenoic and -Linolenic Acids (Dietary Lipids) on Pulmonary Surfactant Composition and Function During Porcine Endotoxemia

Michael J. Murray, Ghassan Kanazi, Kamal Moukabary, Henry D. Tazelaar, and Stephen J. DeMichele
Chest 2000 117: 1720-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effects of Streptokinase and Deoxyribonuclease on Viscosity of Human Surgical and Empyema Pus

Graham Simpson, David Roomes, and Mal Heron
Chest 2000 117: 1728-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antibiotic Levels in Empyemic Pleural Fluid

Lisete R. Teixeira, Scott A. Sasse, Maria Antonia Villarino, Tan Nguyen, Maury E. Mulligan, and Richard W. Light
Chest 2000 117: 1734-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

review

Congenital Malformations of the Right Atrium and the Coronary Sinus : An Analysis Based on 103 Cases Reported in the Literature and Two Additional Cases

Thomas M. Binder, Raphael Rosenhek, Herbert Frank, Marianne Gwechenberger, Gerald Maurer, and Helmut Baumgartner
Chest 2000 117: 1740-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

critical care reviews

Negative Fluid Balance Predicts Survival in Patients With Septic Shock : A Retrospective Pilot Study

Fadi Alsous, Mohammad Khamiees, Angela DeGirolamo, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Chest 2000 117: 1749-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

special report

A European View on the North American Fifth Consensus on Antithrombotic Therapy

Marc Verstraete, Colin R. M. Prentice, Michel Samama, and Raymond Verhaeghe
Chest 2000 117: 1755-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

impact of basic research on tomorrow's medicine

Lung Infections : Role of Apoptosis in Host Defense and Pathogenesis of Disease

Mehrdad Behnia, Kent A. Robertson, and William J. Martin, II
Chest 2000 117: 1771-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

pulmonary and critical care pearls

Pneumomediastinum in a 63-Year-Old Woman With Asthma Exacerbation

Inna Kogan and Bartolome R. Celli
Chest 2000 117: 1778-1781. [Full Text] [PDF]  

roentgenogram of the month

A 66-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea, Left Lower Lobe Infiltrate, and Abnormal Imaging

Mary Margaret Lewis and Edward Tsou
Chest 2000 117: 1782-1786. [Full Text] [PDF]  

minimally invasive techniques

Diagnosis and Treatment of Mediastinal Tumors by Thoracoscopy

Luís Marcelo Inaco Cirino, José Ribas Milanez de Campos, Angelo Fernandez, Marcos N. Samano, Paulo Pego Fernandez, Luíz Tarcísio B. Filomeno, and Fábio Biscegli Jatene
Chest 2000 117: 1787-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

selected reports

Dermatomyositis as a Presentation of Pulmonary Inflammatory Pseudotumor (Myofibroblastic Tumor)

Mahmood Alam, R. Scott Morehead, and Michael H. Weinstein
Chest 2000 117: 1793-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laryngotracheobronchial Involvement in a Patient With Nonendemic Rhinoscleroma

Mordechai Yigla, Ofer Ben-Izhak, Ilana Oren, Nehama Hashman, and Flavio Lejbkowicz
Chest 2000 117: 1795-1798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Acute Effects of Transvenous Biventricular Pacing in a Patient With Congestive Heart Failure

Marianne Debrunner, Barbara Naegeli, and Osmund Bertel
Chest 2000 117: 1798-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Patient With Syncope, Only "Vagally" Related to the Heart

Zayd A. Eldadah, Samer S. Najjar, and Roy C. Ziegelstein
Chest 2000 117: 1801-1803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Symptomatic Pericarditis After Influenza Vaccination : Report of Two Cases

Antoine de Meester, Raymond Luwaert, and Jean-Marie Chaudron
Chest 2000 117: 1803-1805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Single-Breath Measurements of Pulmonary Oxygen Uptake and Gas Flow Rates for Ventilator Management in ARDS

James E. Szalados, Frances E. Noe, Michael G. Busby, and Philip G. Boysen
Chest 2000 117: 1805-1809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Persistent Pneumomediastinum in Interstitial Fibrosis Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis : Treatment With High-Concentration Oxygen

Anshul Patel, Branko Kesler, and Robert A. Wise
Chest 2000 117: 1809-1813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Association With Household Exposure to Fibrous Insulation Material

Josh W. McDonald, Francisco Alvarez, and Cesar A. Keller
Chest 2000 117: 1813-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

communications to the editor

Pathophysiology of a Fall in Arterial Oxygen Saturation During Sputum Induction

Didier Cataldo, Antonio Castagnaro, Alfredo Chetta, and Dario Olivieri
Chest 2000 117: 1818-1819. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists, and Symptomless Dysphagia

Tadashi Arai, Yo Yasuda, Tadatake Takaya, Satoshi Toshima, Yoshitomo Kashiki, Naoki Yoshimii, Hisayoshi Fujiwara, Katsutoshi Nakayama, Mutsuo Yamaya, and Hidetada Sasaki
Chest 2000 117: 1819-1820. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Electrocautery in Endobronchial Therapy

Robert G. Hooper and Thomas G. Sutedja
Chest 2000 117: 1820-1821. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IV Epoprostenol in Gaucher’s Disease

Deborah Elstein, Ari Zimran, and Lewis J. Rubin
Chest 2000 117: 1821. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corticosteroid Therapy in Acute Asthma

Gene R. Pesola, Robert Y. Lin, and Richard E. Westfal
Chest 2000 117: 1821-1822. [Full Text]  

Infusion Phlebitis in Patients in a General Internal Medicine Service

A. Pose-Reino, J. M. Taboada-Cotón, D. Alvarez, J. Suarez, and L. Valdés
Chest 2000 117: 1822-1823. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Differences in Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy Kits

Pasquale Ciaglia
Chest 2000 117: 1823. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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